Talking Leaves ᎦᏬᏂ ᏚᎦᎶᎦ Newsletter: April P.O. Box 60575 Phoenix, AZ 85082 Email: info@valleyofthesuncherokees.com Facebook Page: Valley of the Sun Cherokees https://www.facebook.com/valleyofthesuncherokees/ Valley of the Sun Cherokee is a Satellite Community located in the Phoenix, Arizona Valley. We offer At Large Cherokee Citizens a connection and a voice. You have the opportunity to learn about our people, our leaders, our language, our culture and our history. Upcoming Gatherings 2018 April 14th-Phx Indian Center May- Cherokee Nation Guest June-Clay Medallions
April 14th Our Gathering on April 14th begins with a tour of the Indian School Music/Band Building, beginning at 11 AM (precisely 11!). After our tour we will commence to our Council Member Voting and lunch at the Native Health Building, beginning at Noon. At 2:00 PM, we will reconvene at the nearby YOSHI s Restaurant for our April Board Meeting. All are welcome to attend! We apologize for moving around so much, but we have a full Saturday packed with tours and business for Valley of the Sun Cherokees!! 11:00 AM TOUR of the INDIAN SCHOOL MUSIC/BAND BUILDING Indian School Music/Band Building (Visitor Center) 300 E. Indian School Rd. (Inside of Indian Steele Park) PLEASE NOTE LOCATION AND PARKING INFORMATION. THE TOUR BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 11 AM ON April 14th. 12:00 Noon GATHERING with POT LUCK Luncheon AND COUNCIL VOTING Native Health Building 4041 N. Central Avenue, 2nd Floor Please use the list below and provide a dish to help make this a great celebration and pot Luck Luncheon. Names beginning with A-H Main Dish I-Q Side Dish R-Z Dessert 2:00 PM VSC Council meeting Yoshi s Japanese Restaurant. 4050 N. Central Avenue (Southwest corner of Central and Indian School). All are invited and attend the April Council Meeting: The Board meeting will begin at 2 PM.
AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP NUAL M EMBERSHIP If you have not already provided your membership renewal, please do so as soon as possible. We value our members and hope to see more of you at our monthly gatherings. We look at as REMEMBERSHIP!!! Come share your Cherokee family ties and great stories. Visit our gatherings for presentations on culture, history, and language practices. An 0 Individual Individual Membership $15.00 Family Household $30.00 Membership $15.00 Please Mail to: Valley of the Sun Cherokees, Inc. PO Box 60575 Phoenix, AZ 85083 Or Pay at the next Gathering: 2nd Saturday each month@ Native Health Building: Building C, 4041 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012
VSC Council Meeting Next Meeting: April 14th 2:00 PM VSC Council meeting Yoshi s Japanese Restaurant. 4050 N. Central Avenue (Southwest corner of Central and Indian School). VSC Members are invited to attend. Please watch for our email from info@valleyofthesuncherokees.org with confirmation of date and the location. Or Check our Facebook page Valley of the Sun Cherokees www.facebook.com/valleyofthesuncherokees/
BUY YOUR OWN VSC T-SHIRT The T-shirts are available for purchase at the monthly Gathering for $20 and $25 which is a fundraiser project. They come in sizes M, L, XL, and 2XL. Some women sizes available Other items are available for Sale at atherings ADVERTISING SPACE AVAILABLE!! Promote your business here ~ For more information contact Laurie Eldridge info@valleyofthesuncherokees.org GREAT ADVERTISING RATES Newsletter: Website: $ 5.00 per month $ 50.00 per year $ 10.00 per month $100.00 Per year
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Got Pictures of Ancestors? Geneolgy Information Our Cherokee FIRST program has a volunteer initiative for free Dawes Roll lookups by email. You may send Dawes Roll lookup requests to rolls@cherokee.org. Helpful Research Sites (Please note: The information and links below are not maintained by the Cherokee Nation) To search the Guion Miller and Dawes/Freedman rolls yourself (no waiting on an email reply), please visit: Dawes/Freedman Roll Search NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL): www.archives.gov You can also search the Dawes Rolls at Access Geneology The Cherokee Heritage Center also has a genealogist available to assist people in researching their Cherokee ancestry for a fee. You can reach them at 918-456-6007 or by visiting their website at www.cherokeeheritage.org If tracing to an ancestor that came from around Tennessee, Georgia, Eastern Alabama or South Carolina, you may want to correspond with: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Qualla Boundary PO Box 455 Cherokee, NC 28719 828-497-4771 www.ebci.com If you need further genealogy assistance at other times, the Muskogee Public Library, 801 West Okmulgee, Muskogee, OK, may be able to help. 918-682-6657 (68-BOOKS). It contains most of the Cherokee Dawes applications & the Miller Roll applications, as well as additional federal census records. Mon - Thurs: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday: 9a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Send us your pictures and stories. Everyone has a story. Help us remember our heritage and those from where we came from. Above are a few examples. (please specify if the information can be used for the VSC webpage, newsletter, and/or our facebook page.) info@valleyofthesuncherokees.org Celebrate your ancestors!!
VSC Cherokee Member Spotlight Laurie Eldridge Birth place: Beech Grove, Indiana, located on the south side of Indianapolis. Interests: I love to read for pleasure and I love to travel. I have been to France, Belgium, Lichtenstein, Italy, Ghana, Finland, Russia, Iceland, Sweden, Estonia, Canada and Mexico...and I will be travelling to Iceland and Britain this June. Favorite Food: Frybread with honey!! Favorite Place: My couch at home, but I love going to Tahlequah Cherokee Ancestor: My all time favorite Cherokee Ancestor is my father, Woodrow Wilson Eldridge. He was born in 1922, two years before Native Americans received citizenship, in Hominy Oklahoma. He and his twelve sibling were orphaned with he was 5 years old. He grew up in the Murrow Indian Orphanage on the grounds of what is now Bacone Collage and attended Chilocco Indian School for middle school and high school. He was in the Air Force in WWII and was a career firefighter in Indianapolis. He passed in 2001 ***Included a picture of Laurie's father and his family diuring WWII and picture of him as an elder wearing his favorite Pendleton jacket. The picture of Laurie is when helping cook a meal in Oaxaca Mexico. *
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Fry s Community Rewards Program Shop at Fry's Grocery?? PLEASE NOTE: Before you can link your Fry s V.I.P card to an organization, you must have an email address. STEP 1: Creating an Online Fry s Account **NOTE: If you already have an online Fry s account, skip to #2 * Go to http://www.frysfood.com/ * Click on "Welcome! Sign In" (top right) * Click on "No Account? Register" (top right) * Under "Create an Account", enter your email and create a password (write down your email & password you will need it in step 2) * Under "Select your preferred store", enter your postal code and click "Find" * Select your store then click on Create Account Spend $$ and it * You will then be prompted to check your email for the confirmation email automatically * Click the hyperlink "View My Account" in your email to finish creating your Online Fry s Account sends $$ back to * Continue to step #2 to register for the Fry s Community Rewards Program of your choice VSC. Cool! STEP 2: Register for the Fry s Community Rewards Program * Go to https://www.frysfood.com/ topic/community?activepage= community-rewards-2 * Select "Sign-In". * Enter your email and password then select sign in. (this will be the email and password you created in step 1) * Under "Welcome back!" click "Your Name/My Account" * Under "Account Summary scroll down "Community Rewards" * Click enroll under "Community Rewards", if prompted, enter personal information * Under Find Your Organization: Enter the NPO number or name of organization then select search. (You can get the NPO number from your organization) VSC: 41577 * Under Select Your Organization: Select box next to your organization (left side) * Then select save changes. * If you have registered correctly, you should now see your organization information listed under Community Rewards on your account summary page.
VSC Members Classifieds May Fairy Photography Seeing through the Eyes of A Cherokee Laura Bavetz 480-200-2397 mayfairy15@gmail.com Enrolled Member of The Cherokee Nation James Carroll, III, Esq. The Carroll Law Firm, PLC 42104 N. Venture Drive, E-101 Anthem, AZ 85086 623-551-9366 Valley of the Sun Cherokees, Inc. VSC Statutory Agent